HUNTER residents with brain or spinal injuries will benefit from a $31,000 state government grant. Hunter Spinal Cord Injury Service will receive $10,000, The Kaleidoscope Pediatric Brain Injury Rehabilitation team, almost $9000 and Hunter Brain Respite Options, a new projector.

Being born prematurely can set off a chain reaction of hormone-related health problems in girls, Sydney doctors have shown for the first time.
Later, girls and boys will be at increased risk of heart disease, said Dr Kristen Neville, the pediatric endocrinologist who headed the study.

A BLOOD pressure machine was held together with tape and cardboard, patient medication was dangerously delayed and visitors were asked to wash and feed pediatric patients, overworked Maitland Hospital nurses said.